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Cleanup|date=February 2008Primary sources|date=May 2007Infobox musical artist | name = V| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias = "V"| origin = UK| genre = Pop music|Pop | years_active = 2004–2005| label = Island Records | associated_acts = Busted (band)|Busted , Tom Fletcher , McFly | website =| past_members = Antony Thomas Brant Aaron Buckingham Mark Harle Kevin McDaid Leon Pisani V were a United Kingdom|UK five-piece boy band|boyband made up of Antony Thomas Brant, Aaron Buckingham, Mark Harle , Kevin McDaid and Leon Pisani .
Career
Band member Antony Brant came up with the band name "V" because V is the Roman numeral for five and there were five members in the band. V made their debut at the same time as McFly by supporting Busted (band)|Busted 's arena tour in the spring of 2004.
Their first single (music)|single , "Blood Sweat and Tears", was released in May 2004 and went into the UK Singles Chart at number 6.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 579 The music video|video was shot in Miami, Florida|Miami , Florida in February 2004 and the single contained a collaboration with McFly, called "Chills in the Evening" written by Tom Fletcher from McFly and James Bourne from Busted. The band's second single, released in the August 2004, was a double A-side and B-side|A-side consisted of a new song "Hip To Hip" and a cover version|cover of The Jacksons 's song " Can You Feel It " (with a video of the band dressed as a double glazing salesman, ice cream man, postman, milkman and paperboy) and charted at number 5 in the United Kingdom|UK record chart|chart .
The third single, "You Stood Up" made #12 in the same chart after an appearance on Top of The Pops , but their debut album of the same name failed to reach the UK Albums Chart . In February 2005, V announced their decision to split up on their website.
After break-up
Mark Harle became a drummer for Independent music|indie band Little Comets until 2011, when he left the band.
According to their MySpace profiles, as of June 2007, Kevin McDaid became a photographer. He also took part singing in theatre shows in the United States . http://www.myspace.com/aaronbuckinghammusic Aaron Buckingham MySpace page, accessed 21 June 2007. http://www.myspace.com/kevinmcdaidphotography Kevin McDaid MySpace page, accessed 21 June 2007
In 2010, Kevin McDaid did photography work for Westlife 's albums Where We Are and Gravity (Westlife album)|Gravity and appeared in "Behind The Scenes" release of Gravity . He also appeared on Westlife's 2010 DVD documentary Where We Are . He was the long time boyfriend of Westlife's Mark Feehily until 2011. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2012/01/01/westlife-s-mark-feehily-split-for-partner-he-was-set-to-wed-115875-23671700/ SOURCE
In popular culture
In 2006, Kevin McDaid appeared on the television program|television panel show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks , in the mystery line-up. Phill Jupitus ' team (including Alan Carr and McFly 's Tom Fletcher ) managed to guess correctly who he was.
In Summer 2008, V appeared on '' Big Brother's Little Brother due to the fact that sixth evictee, Rebecca Shiner, had reportedly followed V for a year. She was reunited with a book containing all of her tickets and pictures of her with the band which she had collected during this time. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/big_brother/article1281774.ece Thesun.co.uk
Discography
Studio albums
Title
Details
Peak positions
UK cite web
You Stood Up
Release date: November 2004
Label: Island Records
Formats: Compact disc|CD , music download
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
UK
IRE cite web
2004
6
30
You Stood Up
"Hip to Hip"
"You Stood Up"
2005
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Non-album song
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
References
reflist
External links
myspace|vofficial|V
Busted Category:British vocal groups Category:British pop music groups Category:British boy bands Category:LGBT-themed musical groups
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